Powder-puff



J. DARBY.

POWDER PUFF.

APPLICATION. FILED JAN- 17. 1920.

Emma. Nov 16, 1320.

INVENTQR JOHN DARBY, or srnvnvrr'r', new JERSEY.

' POWDER-PUFF.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Na. 16,1920.

llpp1ication' filed January 17, 1920. Serial No. 352,102.

T (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN DARBY, a citizen of the United States, aresident of Summit, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Powder-Puffs, of

\ part will be obvious herefrom, such objects and advantages beingobtained by the means pointed out in the accompanying claims.

The invention consists in the novel parts, construction, arrangement andimprovements herein shown and described. Of the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the powder puff,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section of the body or shell member,

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the body member showing the returned andslotted flange,

Fig. 5 is an enlarged section of the returned flange of the body membershowing a bent over corner, of one of the members of said returnedflange and,

Fig. 6 is an enlarged plan view of the returned flange, showing the bentover corners of the castellated parts of said flange.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the shell or body member, 2 is the pilecloth or face of the powder puff and 3 the handle or grip.

The body member 1 may be made of any suitable sheet metal and in generalits form is that of a shallow pan with a downwardly flanged portion 4:and a returned or upwardly flanged portion 5, which ls'slotted as at 6,6 to form upwardly extend ng fingers or tongues 7, 7 the corners ofwhich a are turned inwardly toward the flange lto form teeth 8, 8. V

A portion of the top of body 1 1s forced out as at 10 to form a hingeholding for the ring handle 3. Said ring may besplit and made of sprinwire with the split portion housed within the hinge 10.

The bottom or closed portion of body 1 may be either flat or crowned, ormay be embossed in any suitable manner and its extending flange 5 andover the outer or exposed surface may be plated or enameled to give apleasing and artistic appearance.

The method of assembling the pile cloth 2 with the body member 1 isclearly shown in Fig. 2. The pile cloth is cut in disks of suitablediameter to allow the edges to be turned up to cover the outer orupwardly upper edges of tongues 7, 7 of said flange and downwardly intothe channel or flanges 4L and 5. While the position, the tongues 7,wardly by any suitable means, forcing the pile cloth 2. against theflange 4, the teeth or points 8, 8 biting into the cloth hold it fastand prevent it from working loose from the body member 1..

7. are pressed inspace 9 between cloth 2 is in this? It will be obviousfrom the structure disclosed, that a powder puff made in this man nerwill have a minimum number of parts, will be easy to assemble andconsequently cheap to manufacture.

It will be understood from the foregoing that devices have been providedrealizing the objects and advantages herein pointed out, together withother objects and advan' tages.

It will be further understood that many changes may be made from theprecise form of such devices herein shown, and described within theaccompanying claims, without departing from vention and Withoutsacriflcing its objects and advantages.

I claim:-

1. A powder puff comprised of a single cupped body member provided witha returned flange and a piece of cloth stretched over the open cup sideof said body member and'held between said body member and said flange.

2. A. powder puff comprising a single cupped body member having a handleattached thereto, a returned flange on said body member and a piece ofcloth stretched over the open side of said body member and held betweensaid flange and said body member.

3. A powder puff comprising a single cupped body member turned slottedflange and a piece of cloth stretched over the open cup side of saidbody member and held between said body member and said slotted flange.

the principles of the inprov ded with a reiio 4. A powder puffcomprising a single In testimony whereof I have signed my cupped bodymember provided with a renameto this specification in the presence ofturned slotted and toothed flange and a two s ibse 'lbir g witnesses.

piece of 'cloth stretched over the open cup v I JOHN DARBY. f 5 side oisaid body member and held between Witnesses:

said body member and said slotted and CHARLES C. BRESEE,'

toothed flange. V V MBY WEIN.

